Word: hand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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East-America Council of Commerce and Industry, "which on the one hand did not involve surrender to force or the threat of force, and on the other hand eliminated from .the situation features which ... to use President Eisenhower's phrase, were 'a thorn in the side of peace.' " But the U.S. intends to stop Communist aggression wherever it breaks out. "These offshore islands do not constitute the ideal defensive position," the Secretary admitted dryly, but neither does West Berlin. "Berlin is militarily indefensible. It is a small island of freedom totally surrounded by Soviet power...
...destined to be even more prosperous under statehood, since growing Alaska still imports about 90% of all its food. For the 40 or so original Matanuska colonists-out of the original 900-who had looked for the promised land and found hard work, the promise suddenly seemed close at hand...
...harvest season is at hand, but there are no farmers in the fields. Two hours before we arrived, a hunk of shrapnel had blown the head off 40-year-old Li Wen-pi as he tried to lead his horse to safety. Even in the late afternoon, when no shells were falling, Kuning-tou's deep, dank underground shelter was crowded. The Communists are calculating their artillery fire to harass Quemoy's nerves-there is always fire at mealtimes and just after bedtime. Any crossroads is an unhealthy place to pause...
...planes. I went to see young Captain Kua China, the hospital's only real surgeon, who on my previous visit seemed a rock of physical endurance and calm. Now it hurts you to see him. He is exhausted. His eyes are vacant and always near tears. His hand is still steady at the operating table, but trembles when he lights a cigarette. "Every day and every night shells fall here," he says wearily. "We've had to put all patients except the walking wounded underground...
...Houses and individual departments. Some of them, like Government and Economics, will try to arrange tutorial for a student who requests it, while the History Department has expressed an intention of coordinating an advisory program in each House for non-honors juniors. The Philosophy Department, on the other hand, claims that it does not have the manpower to offer any non-honors junior tutorial even if requested...